Names & Taxonomy
- Uniprot ID:
- C9J2C0
- Entry Name:
- C9J2C0_HUMAN
- Status:
- unreviewed
- Protein Names:
- Tubulin alpha-8 chain (Fragment)
- Gene Names:
- TUBA8
- Gene Names Primary:
- TUBA8
- Organism:
- Homo sapiens (Human)
Structure
- Length:
- 467
- Sequence:
- MLWGCRAKACWGPRLSDLVASLSPQRECISVHVGQAGVQIGNACWELFCLEHGIQADGTFDAQASKINDDDSFTTFFSETGNGKHVPRAVMIDLEPTVVDEVRAGTYRQLFHPEQLITGKEDAANNYARGHYTVGKESIDLVLDRIRKLTDACSGLQGFLIFHSFGGGTGSGFTSLLMERLSLDYGKKSKLEFAIYPAPQVSTAVVEPYNSILTTHTTLEHSDCAFMVDNEAIYDICRRNLDIERPTYTNLNRLISQIVSSITASLRFDGALNVDLTEFQTNLVPYPRIHFPLVTYAPIISAEKAYHEQLSVAEITSSCFEPNSQMVKCDPRHGKYMACCMLYRGDVVPKDVNVAIAAIKTKRTIQFVDWCPTGFKVGINYQPPTVVPGGDLAKVQRAVCMLSNTTAIAEAWARLDHKFDLMYAKRAFVHWYVGEGMEEGEFSEAREDLAALEKDYEEVGTDSFEEE
- Proteomes:
- UP000005640
Function
- Function:
- Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain.
- Gene Ontology Go:
- microtubule
GTP binding
GTPase activity
structural constituent of cytoskeleton
microtubule-based process - Gene Ontology Biological Process:
- microtubule-based process
- Gene Ontology Molecular Function:
- GTPase activity
GTP binding
structural constituent of cytoskeleton - Gene Ontology Cellular Component:
- microtubule
- Keywords:
- Complete proteome
GTP-binding
Microtubule
Nucleotide-binding
Proteomics identification
Reference proteome
Publication
- PubMed ID:
- 10591208